In Committee of Safety.
Voted That Capt Seth Harding be appointed and Directed forthwith to Report to Say Brook and advise and assist Capt [Uriah] Hayden and others In Draughting and Building the Colony Ship to be built at that Place in the best Manner and with the Greatest Expedition possible for the Service designed; said Harding to attend on said Service untill further Orders from this Committee or the General Assembly
A true Copy from the Minutes Test Wm Williams Clerk